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Germany, 75 Pfennig, 50th Anniversary Of The Fehmarnsund Bridge- With Error In Text ?

 
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Posted 04/04/2023   5:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add post_pe to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This 2013,50th Anniversary of the Fehmarnsund Bridge,Germany stamp has a some type of error in the text in left side. There is misspelling of the inscription . The h at the center of the text is written wrong, it looks elongated or it has an additional dash or dot over it .Could this be a spelling error variety, and if it is shouldn't the sheets with such a error be rejected and all of these stamps to be reprint with the correct spelling ? Did someone else encountered a similar error in this issue before ?


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Posted 04/04/2023   7:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It could be an EFO, but I believe that the cancel is the culprit here!
Looking at it again, it may just be an additional dot, like a speck of dust on the plate maybe. Certainly not an error, but an interesting variety


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Edited by Petert4522 - 04/04/2023 7:58 pm
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Posted 04/04/2023   9:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add exlibriseric to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is a 75 eurocent or .75 Euro stamp, not Pfennig. Use of the Pfennig was ended with the adoption of the Euro. While the latter was the successor currency to the former. I know, I'm being pedantic.
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Posted 04/04/2023   11:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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I know, I'm being pedantic.


...and welcomed, I just assumed Pfennig, without thinking about it.
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Posted 04/05/2023   05:13 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add post_pe to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes ,75 cents . I was probably thinking about it as a stamp with the old currency value ,I just forgot tath it should be eurocents not Pfennigs when I was writing my post.
I don't exclude the possibilitie tath the dot maybe a rezolt of foreign object tath fell into the printing plate.
If it's not a printing error and the cancel is to be blame here, then why is the dot positioned directly on the top of the letter ,not at some other part of the text ?
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Posted 04/05/2023   05:56 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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If it's not a printing error and the cancel is to be blame here,


I do not think the cancel is any factor here. At best, it might hide that the unprinted area is not an extension of the 'h' but just a small unprinted spot above and slightly towards the left of it.


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then why is the dot positioned directly on the top of the letter ,not at some other part of the text ?


Dumb coincidence. It does look like either some foreign matter got between the stamp and the printing plate. We are looking for a small piece of something that has been printed in a purple colour.

That is assuming it is not damage to the stamp surface: the white area of the spot seems less bright than the 'h' which might be caused by damaged surface coating. In that case it is not a minor flaw, but a damaged stamp. There are some small white spots to the lower left of the printed area as well. If you have a good microscope, you might want to check whether this is an unprinted area or a damaged stamp surface.
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Posted 04/05/2023   08:02 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add post_pe to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, it is possible tath it is just a random occurrence. The microscope examination is a very good idea. I'm sure tath it would help to establish wether it is a flaw or not.
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